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S 3♠; N 2♠; S 2♥; NS 1N; N 1♥; EW 1♣; Par +140
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | Pass | 1 ♠ | |
| Dbl | Pass | 1 NT | Dbl |
| Pass | 2 ♠ | Pass | Pass |
| 3 NT | Pass | Pass | Dbl |
| Pass | Pass | 4 ♦ | All pass |
Wednesday, 12 August 2015
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Let me start off by posting a few comments. Please feel free to ask questions and hopefully we will get contributors willing to answer.
ReplyDeleteDouble is a reasonable choice from west. The alternative is 1NT. Neither are ideal - for double we do not have four hearts and for 1NT we only have one spade stopper.
1NT by east is misdescribing the hand to partner - you have no spade stopper and only two points. 1NT should show a spade stopper and shows around (6)7-10 points in response to a takeout double. I would be willing to go a little lighter if all I had was a decent spade stopper but that is not standard for some. Opposite a takeout double you should strive to bid a suit. After all that is what partner asked you to do.
Here the 1NT bid encouraged west to bid 3NT (a little stretch I think but even 2NT is too much) and then east was forced to bid a suit at the four-level. It would have been much better to bid the suit at the two-level.
By the time bidding gets back to South after 1NT South should assume that pard is near bust and the strong hand is sitting over South. Therefore is it wise to X (twice
ReplyDeleteThe double of 1NT is interesting. Seventeen points notwithstanding south does not know where tricks are going to come from to defeat 1NT. However doubling here is not just about beating 1NT. With a decent hand you want to encourage partner to compete for a partscore with a long suit or maybe a bit less than a response but with some spade support.
ReplyDeleteAlso the more east is going to bid with nothing, as here, the more you need to double in case you are getting stolen blind.
We are not just discussing the auction shown here. In this auction north is pretty much marked as being broke with the pass. North should be raising with 6+ points and some spade support and bidding 1NT most of the rest of the time. Some partnerships can also bid two of a suit with a weak hand and a six-card suit - they redouble with all stronger hands. If however west overcalls 1NT then north will pass many 6-9 hands. Then it is more tempting for south to double back in.